It grows with many types of grasses and a few shrubs such as Gardner's saltbush (Atriplex gardneri) and winterfat (Krascheninnikovia lanata).
The naturalist Alfred Moquin-Tandon was under the impression that Gordon's last name was Gardner.
Atriplex | Atriplex confertifolia | Rhizanthella gardneri | Ginkgo gardneri | Tillandsia gardneri | ''Fundulopanchax gardneri nigerianus'' "Makurdi" – adult male from a locality near Makurdi | Fucus gardneri | Banksia gardneri | Atriplex gardneri | Atriplex canescens | atriplex |